Pitt earns No. 5 seed in Big East

March 4, 2008by trib

Pitt secured the No. 5 seed in the Big East women’s basketball tournament, and will play No. 12 Villanova in the first round at 12 p.m. Saturday at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.

The Panthers (20-9) finished the regular season with a 70-33 victory over Georgetown Monday night, creating a three-way tie for fifth place with Syracuse (22-7) and Louisville (21-8). All three had 10-6 conference records, but Pitt won the tiebreaker by beating them head-to-head.